Comment Re:Stop with JavaScript (Score 1) 197
"please don't make me learn how to use Javascript properly"
Comment Clicker (Score 4, Funny) 77
Let's see how it deals with my IBM model M keyboard
Comment Re:Cross browser? (Score 1) 121
Maybe you don't "get" Google's Dart strategy. It's ActiveX all over again, but with more technical finesse.
Comment Cross browser? (Score 0) 121
How is Dart cross browser? It only runs in Chrome. Does having a cross compiler to JS make it cross browser? That'd make any language cross browser, which is to stretch the definition to the point of meaninglessness.
Javascript isn't rocket science to use. You've just got to put in the effort to read a couple books to understand that it requires different design strategies from other OO languages. The scoping, prototypes, and events are actually really nice if you bother to learn how to use them properly.
Comment Re:Bike & bikepaths anyone? (Score 1) 111
It's no problem for people in Copenhagen. Minneapolis also has a pretty big modal share for bikes, in American terms. The infrastructure and vehicles are cheap to build, take up little space, are far less deadly, and cause no air or noise pollution. I'd love to see bike infrastructure built up everywhere.
http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/11/copenhagen-cycling-in-snow.html
Comment Texting? (Score 1) 453
No, I'm reading e-books on Safari so that this meeting isn't a total waste
Comment The needs of the business (Score 2) 204
more interested in writing code that works than code that's maintainable
That's how business works in general. You want to write good code, but deadlines and shifting goalposts turn all your best plans into a swamp.
Comment Re:I'd care but... (Score 2) 144
More than 4 gig of memory is a waste for a browser.
Obviously you are not a serious Javascript experimenter! Now that we've got canvas, WebGL, web workers, and audio, there's plenty of memory intensive stuff we can do inside the browser. The only limiting factors that distinguish web pages from real applications nowadays are your understanding of Javascript and how shitty of a browser you're willing to target.
Comment Re:I can't remember (Score 4, Informative) 144
Web Audio API actually is an interesting feature.
See some of it in action: http://mohayonao.github.io/timbre.js/
Comment Chebarkul was an inside job (Score 2) 86
Why didn't the meteorite leave a hole exactly the same size and shape as the object itself?
Clearly this means explosives were used in a controlled demolition of the lake's frozen surface.
Comment Re:Burning bridges (Score 1) 892
you are NOT 'the company' and the company is not you
The wasted hours of our lives are all that the company is made of, even if we do not have a claim to it.
Comment Re:Dumbasses (Score 0, Flamebait) 530
Look at those dumbasses who believe in something bigger than getting a high paying job as a spook.
Fuck you.
Comment Re:How is this legal? (Score 4, Insightful) 1103
Do you really think they'd try this shit if there was a well-organized, fighting working class? No way. They only do it because they think they can get away with it.
A Cold Look at Cold Fusion Claims: Why E-Cat Looks Like a Hoax 426
In the past few days, several readers have submitted word of a paper published on Arxiv allegedly confirming the efficacy of Andrea Rossi's "E-Cat," a device Rossi says transmutes nickel into copper, producing cheap energy in the process. (Mentioned before on Slashdot.) Ethan Siegel of ScienceBlogs takes a skeptical look at the buzz surrounding this paper, and asks some seemingly obvious questions, pointing out various ways in which the cold-fusion / cheap-energy claims could be either confirmed or debunked. First time accepted submitter CdXiminez writes with a capsule of Siegel's points: "What would it take to convince a reasonable observer that you've got a controlled nuclear reaction going on here? Things not shown in the earlier report: Show that nuclear transmutation has in fact taken place; Start the device operating by whatever means you want, then disconnect all external power to it, and allow it to run; Place a gamma-ray detector around the device; Accurately monitor the power drawn from all sources to the device at all times, while also monitoring the energy output from the device at all times."
Comment Re:Tax Breaks (Score 1) 172
Maybe they're betting they can get away with paying a terrible salary to people that have a hard time finding a job due to their disability. It's a business model that's worked well at Goodwill
http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/208068/189/Goodwill-Pays-Disabled-Employees-Less-than-Minimum-Wage
